Dog in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Dog and Horse occupy branches 戌 and 午.
Three Harmonies · trines · 三合. Dog and Horse share the Fire trine; Tiger completes their three-animal group.
Read Dog with Horse →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water Dog
Wood Dog
Years: 1934, 1994.
Wood controls the Dog's Earth, bringing the possibility of change into a sign traditionally concerned with dependable bonds and established duties. The Wood Dog reading extends loyalty toward a shared cause, emphasizing cooperation and fair participation, with difficulty accepting a compromise that seems to leave someone outside the circle.
Wood Dog birth dates and next year →Fire Dog
Years: 1946, 2006.
Fire generates the Dog's Earth, supporting its traditional commitment to loyalty and giving that commitment a more visible expression. This reading portrays the Fire Dog as quick to speak up for a person or principle, with protective feeling that can make an ordinary disagreement seem especially urgent.
Fire Dog birth dates and next year →Earth Dog
Years: 1958, 2018.
Earth repeats the Dog's own element, concentrating the traditional themes of constancy, responsibility and attention to what keeps a group secure. The Earth Dog reading emphasizes showing up, keeping an agreement and considering the practical consequences, with a tendency to remain on guard after a difficulty has passed.
Earth Dog birth dates and next year →Metal Dog
Years: 1910, 1970, 2030.
The Dog's Earth produces Metal, directing its traditional sense of duty toward explicit principles and clearly drawn limits. The Metal Dog reading puts emphasis on integrity in action, an exact promise and the willingness to defend it, with little patience for explanations that sound like a retreat from responsibility.
Metal Dog birth dates and next year →Water Dog
Years: 1922, 1982, 2042.
The Dog's Earth controls Water, placing its wish for dependable ground beside an element associated with responsiveness and changing conditions. In this reading, the Water Dog considers motives and listens closely before judging, while its concern for others can turn into repeated thought about what remains unresolved.
Water Dog birth dates and next year →Dog personality traits
Loyalty and a concern for fair treatment sit at the centre of the Dog's traditional character. It pays attention to whether words and actions agree, and it takes seriously the needs of people it has chosen to support. Vigilance can become worry when every small inconsistency looks like a warning. The defining question in this portrait is how to keep a promise to others without carrying every possible problem alone.
Dog: best and difficult matches
Tiger: Dog and Tiger share the Fire trine; Horse completes their three-animal group.
Rabbit: Dog (戌) and Rabbit (卯) form one of the six fixed harmony pairs, traditionally read as a complementary connection.
Dragon: Dog (戌) stands six positions opposite Dragon (辰), the contrast called a Six Clash in the traditional pairing.
Horse: Dog and Horse share the Fire trine; Tiger completes their three-animal group.
All twelve Dog compatibility pairings →Five forms · one twelve-day rhythm
The next Dog days
The branch repeats every twelve days. Its stem advances too, so these five occurrences have five different stem elements before the complete name repeats after sixty days. The Dog branch itself keeps Earth.
Yang Earth
21 September 2026
Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
Na Yin: Level-ground Wood · 平地木
Open this date’s planning window →Yang Metal
3 October 2026
Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
Na Yin: Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金
Open this date’s planning window →Yang Water
15 October 2026
Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
Na Yin: Great Sea Water · 大海水
Open this date’s planning window →Yang Wood
27 October 2026
Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
Na Yin: Mountain-top Fire · 山头火
Open this date’s planning window →Yang Fire
8 November 2026
Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
Na Yin: Roof Earth · 屋上土
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The Na Yin name belongs to the complete pillar. It is a separate pairing from the stem’s element and the branch’s fixed element.
Chinese New Year to the final lunar day
Dog years and their exact boundaries
Use the interval, not just the Gregorian year number, for a birthday near January or February. A full Dog element-name returns sixty years later; the animal alone returns after twelve.
庚戌 · Yang Metal Dog
1910 Dog year
10 February 1910 through 29 January 1911
壬戌 · Yang Water Dog
1922 Dog year
28 January 1922 through 15 February 1923
甲戌 · Yang Wood Dog
1934 Dog year
14 February 1934 through 3 February 1935
丙戌 · Yang Fire Dog
1946 Dog year
2 February 1946 through 21 January 1947
戊戌 · Yang Earth Dog
1958 Dog year
18 February 1958 through 7 February 1959
庚戌 · Yang Metal Dog
1970 Dog year
6 February 1970 through 26 January 1971
壬戌 · Yang Water Dog
1982 Dog year
25 January 1982 through 12 February 1983
甲戌 · Yang Wood Dog
1994 Dog year
10 February 1994 through 30 January 1995
丙戌 · Yang Fire Dog
2006 Dog year
29 January 2006 through 17 February 2007
戊戌 · Yang Earth Dog
2018 Dog year
16 February 2018 through 4 February 2019
庚戌 · Yang Metal Dog
2030 Dog year
3 February 2030 through 22 January 2031
壬戌 · Yang Water Dog
2042 Dog year
22 January 2042 through 9 February 2043
Solar month · clock period
The Dog month and double-hour
Autumn branch month
Cold Dew opens the Dog month at 8 October 2026, 14:29:17 UTC+8. It runs until Beginning of Winter at 7 November 2026, 17:52:05 UTC+8.
These are solar-term instants, not the first days of numbered lunar months.
Follow the whole autumn season →19:00–20:59
The Dog double-hour occupies position 11 in the twelve-branch clock. It follows Rooster and precedes Pig. A double-hour label describes a time of day; it does not determine the year or day animal.
The sets containing Dog
Harmony, season, trine and clash
Six Harmonies
Paired branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
Three Harmonies · trines
Fire
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Three Meetings · seasons
Autumn · Metal
These three animals form the full set; two animals show shared membership.
Six Clashes
Opposite branches
This is a fixed two-branch pairing.
The stems held inside Dog
Hidden stems are attached to the branch. The visible stem on a particular Dog day is the first character of that day’s two-character name.